Three Kingdoms New Malaysia Super League

Chapter 599 Calculating Liu Biao
"Also, Han Feng, you have to urge Zheng Hun and Zhou Maitian from the arsenal to quickly transport the new tools such as the bobbin car and the overturned car to Chang'an, and cooperate with Huang Langzhong and Yan Langzhong to place them in various places in Sili to ease the damage. Drought next year." Ma Chao added this point, and continued: "By the way, Zidu, next year you can't spend all your money on grain and fodder, and set aside enough supplies, seeds, and farm tools for next year's cultivation and sowing! "

"By the way, everyone in the Ministry of Rites should also actively go on tours, especially in Hanzhong and Liangzhou, and try to let them bring some food and grass on credit... Also, the propaganda team, we must do a good job in publicity and guidance in advance. There can be no rumors of a catastrophe befalling the Ma family!"

"Shadow of the Ministry of War, in the spring of next year, you must keep an eye on those seemingly incompatible guys with me. If you find any signs, you don't need to report, and you will immediately ransack the house and destroy them! Poke the shit out!"

"There is also a plague of locusts. I thought of it. Since locusts can eat people, people can also eat locusts. I remember that locust powder has medicinal value... Inform Hua Tuo and ask him to cooperate with the propaganda team to publish an article in his name. Statement, encourage victims to eat locusts!"

"Ugh..." At this point, Ma Chao felt that he still had a lot of ideas to think about.However, all the civil and military officials of His Royal Highness retched, and seemed to be worried about eating locusts to Ma Chao, especially when Ma Chao added: "What? You haven't eaten it yet? It's fried. It tastes like chicken..."

"My lord!" Xun Yue couldn't bear it at first. As the Xun family's poet and scholar, he couldn't understand Ma Chao's request. He frowned and said, "Locusts are hatched like flying shrimps." , so how can you eat it?"

"What's the same as what?" Ma Chao frowned, and then he realized that people in ancient times didn't know enough about locusts. Dare to move your mouth to eat?

Thinking of this, Ma Chao has even more headaches, knowing that next year's drought and earthquake may be better, but with the locust plague, I am afraid that it will be the time to really test the Ma family.However, at this moment, he had no way to escape. Thinking of the good things that iron-blooded man Li Shimin did, he said, "Needless to say, if the locust plague strikes next year, I will set an example and eat the locusts myself! If you are afraid of death , you don't have to follow!"

In the third year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, locust plagues swept across the Guanzhong Plain.There are rumors among the people that this is God's punishment for Li Shimin's killing of his brothers and brothers, and only by returning the power to the Supreme Emperor can the plague of locusts be eliminated.Li Shimin couldn't tell the difference, and swallowed the locusts alive in grief and indignation, saying: "If I am guilty, let the locusts devour my heart and liver. It is enough to punish me alone, and don't eat my people's food."

Seeing Ma Chao's decisiveness, all the civil and military officials looked at each other and knelt down and said: "If the lord does not give up, the humble (subordinate) is willing to suffer with the lord, and I will die!"

But Ma Chao looked at these people looking like they were going through fire and water, and he was speechless: You all know what a fart!In later generations, fried locusts are a famous dish, especially ancient locusts, which are pollution-free, pollution-free, high-protein food, let you eat, please wait and enjoy! !
Finally, Ma Chao looked at Yang Xiu who was drafting the military order again, and suddenly turned his head, and whispered to Xun You and Li Ru: "The Ministry of War is the top priority this time. Please take care of Wenyou..." At this point, Ma Chao paused, as if hesitating slightly, and then continued, "Also, when you split up the refugees and migrate, try to move them towards Hangu Pass to fill them!"

"Ah!...my lord..." Xun You and Li Ru immediately understood what Ma Chao meant, and looked at each other in shock.Especially Xun You said: "Master, you also said before that we can't use such short-sighted strategies that hurt others and ourselves!"

"I can't help it..." Ma Chao said with a gloomy face, pointing to the sand table in the center of Deyang Hall: "Supporting war with war is the last step of insurance I take. If the famine really gets out of control next year, I can't put the whole The Ma's house will let you in! And by then, I won't care about my face!!"

Sighing, Ma Chao stared at the map, and said leisurely: "As the saying goes, pick the soft persimmons, and Liu Jingzhou's conservative people are short-sighted and indecisive. We can only find him!"

"But..." Xun You said anxiously: "But my lord, it is already a leap forward to win the Sili for the first time. Whether it is military or civil affairs, we must start steadily. Open it again, I'm afraid..."

"Gongda! Do you think I have other options?!" Ma Chao shook his head in pain, as if he was trying to get rid of something: "Don't look at the heated discussions we just had, but in fact, everyone knows it in their hearts. Once a natural disaster Come one after another, it is still up to us whether these things we talk about on paper will work or not! As the head of the Ma family, I don’t mind bearing the name of a criminal minister who has caused disasters!!”

"This... oh..." Xun You and Li Ru thought silently, and they had nothing to say for a while.In the end, it was Jia Huli who asked to break the embarrassing and heavy atmosphere: "Even so, why didn't my lord choose Hanoi Zhang Yang? Zhang Yang's subordinates are only [-] mobs, and they are vulnerable..."

"Yes, Zhang Yang is also a persimmon, but Zhang Yang only has one Hanoi!" Ma Chao looked back at Jia Xu, and explained: "If Zhang Yang can't hold on, can we really spend with him? Only Liu Biao will not show his face when he is beaten to death. My son, who has abandoned Wancheng, will cede land to us for peace!!"

Historically, after Li Jue and Guo Si attacked Chang'an together, the two had internal strife, and Zhang Ji's mediation was ineffective.Just in time for the great famine in the fourth year of Chuping, Zhang Ji had no choice but to leave the Chang'an area with his troops and invade the northern part of Jingzhou for food.But Jingzhou was Liu Biao's territory, and the two armies fought in a melee. Unfortunately, Comrade Zhang Ji was hit by a stray arrow and died in a very heroic manner.Zhang Xiu was General Jianzhong in Zhang Ji's army at that time, and he would naturally lead the army after Zhang Ji's death.

Later, when Jia Xu came to vote, the first thing he did for Zhang Xiu was to facilitate the reconciliation between Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao.Liu Biao is very knowledgeable about benevolence, righteousness and courtesy.When Zhang Ji died, his subordinates were very happy and congratulated Comrade Liu Biao.But Liu Biao said, don't be so happy, everyone. Comrade Zhang Ji came here because he had nothing to eat, and our comrades were not very polite to him, so that they fought and fought. This is not my intention at all, so you can come here to mourn , can't come to congratulate!

So Liu Biao sent someone to greet Zhang Xiu, expressing his willingness to accept Zhang Ji's troops.And this is also Liu Biao's consistent method of governing Jingzhou. He advocates peace and does not advocate war.At that time, the old fox Jia Xu went to Liu Biao himself to promote peace talks, and the two sides reached a memorandum of understanding.The two armies made an alliance and let Zhang Xiu troops station in Wancheng.

In this incident, some people said that Liu Biao was a chatterbox with vain appearance and boastful talk, and he was simply an envoy of peace who was beaten to death but did not stand out.However, some people also say that Liu Biao is a powerful minister in troubled times, even though he is a heavy clan in Jingzhou and a thief who killed the clan, and his move of taking in Zhang Xiu makes Zhang Xiu the defense in the north of Jingzhou. Safe plan.

But no matter what, Ma Chao hopes that if he is really forced to die, he can go to Liu Biao to beg for food. Liu Biao treats him as generously and selflessly as Zhang Xiu has been treated in history... Anyway, today's Ma family , is it much better than the old Zhang family back then?

What's more, as long as the incident next year comes as scheduled, Ma Chao will not be condemned by the world at all, and he will perfectly solve the problem of the victims in one fell swoop...

"We must find a way out for those victims," ​​Ma Chao said with a gloomy face, and then he repeated the words coldly, and continued to say something very international: "Su Tiejian of Ma's family must be for Qu Yuan of Ma's family." Plow the land!"

(End of this chapter)